More about me

The one thing I am passionate about...

Probably social justice -- I had a very difficult life growing up and I'm essentially living the rest of my life with the ultimate goal of preventing that from happening to as many other people as I can.

I typically spend my leisure time

Nowadays, usually reading and exercise as well as hanging out with friends. The usual, but I'd like to think the first and third I at least do in interesting ways!

The most influential person in my life has been

Open-mindedness and a willingness to let one's own views be challenged, but at the same time recognition of when to say enough is enough.

The first thing people notice about me

That I do not look or talk in person like I act at all -- I am muscular and use lots of slang in speech, and I can talk kind of loudly (although my voice is naturally deep and carries) -- and yet I am capable of understanding them when they use big words, and telling them how to pronounce them correctly ;)In other words, I think that most people notice that I am unpretentious, or just odd, but either way works :)

The last book I read and enjoyed

The Sailor of the Seas of Fate by Michael Moorcock. It's the 2nd book in the Elric saga, about a sort of antihero (but not really) prince of a country of decadent and self-indulgent rulers of the past. It's got a lot more to it than that, but that's the basic plot outline -- I like it and the other Elric books for their metaphors and extreme depth.

The three things which I am most thankful for

Luck.

The internet.

The one thing I wish MORE people would notice about me

Mostly that despite whatever it is that they see in me at first, there is much, much more underneath.